Manual

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Ammunition
1. Use only high quality, original, factory-
manufactured shotgun shells. Do not use
cartridges that are dirty, wet, corroded,
malformed or damaged. Do not oil car-
tridges or spray aerosol type lubricants,
preservatives or cleaners directly onto
cartridges or where excess spray may
flow into contact with cartridges. Lubricant
or other foreign matter on cartridges can
cause potentially dangerous ammunition
malfunctions. Use only ammunition of the
gauge or caliber for which your firearm is
chambered.
2. The use of reloaded, “remanufactured,”
handloaded, or other non-standard
ammunition voids all warranties.
Improperly loaded ammunition voids all
warranties. Improperly loaded ammunition
can be extremely dangerous. Severe
damage to the firearm and serious injury
to the shooter or to others may result.
Always use ammunition that complies
with the industry performance standards
established by the Sporting Arms and
Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc.
of the United States (SAAMI), or the
equivalent from other countries.
3. Firearms may be severely damaged
and serious injury to the shooter or to oth-
ers may result from any condition causing
excessive pressure inside the chamber or
barrel during firing. Excessive pressure
can be caused by obstructions in the bar-
rel, propellant powder overloads, or by the
use of the incorrect cartridges or defec-
tively assembled cartridges. In addition,
the use of a dirty, corroded, or damaged
cartridge can lead to a burst cartridge
case and consequent damage to the
firearm and personal injury from the sud-
den escape of high-pressure propellant
gas from the firearm’s mechanism.
4. Immediately stop shooting and check
the barrel for a possible obstruction when-
ever:
You have difficulty in, or feel unusual
resistance in, chambering a cartridge, or
A cartridge misfires (does not go off), or
The mechanism fails to extract a fired
cartridge case, or
Unburned grains of propellant powder
are discovered spilled in the mechanism,
or
A shot sounds weak or abnormal. In
such cases, it is possible that a wad is
lodged part way down the barrel. Firing a
subsequent shot charge into the
obstructed barrel can damage the
firearm and cause serious injury to the
shooter or to bystanders.
5. If there is any reason to suspect that
something is obstructing the barrel (this
can be anything – dirt, mud, snow, sand,
water, a wad, etc.), immediately unload
the firearm and look through both bores. It
is not sufficient to merely look in the
chambers. An obstruction may be lodged
some distance down the barrel, where it
can not easily be seen.
IF SOMETHING IS IN THE BORE, DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SHOOT IT OUT BY
USING ANOTHER CARTRIDGE, OR BY
BLOWING IT OUT WITH A BLANK OR A
SHELL FROM WHICH THE SHOT HAS
BEEN REMOVED. SUCH TECHNIQUES
CAN GENERATE EXCESSIVE PRES-
SURE, DAMAGE THE FIREARM AND
CAUSE SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY.
6. Dirt, corrosion, or other foreign matter
on a cartridge can impede complete
chambering and may cause the cartridge
case to burst upon firing. The same is true
of cartridges which are damaged or
deformed.